Australias Prime Minister apologises for holidaying in hawaii as wildfires continue to sweep across three states. If the queen attends a Church Service in sandringham while the duke of edinburgh spent a second night in hospital receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. And coming up, rhe bbcs media editor meets the editor of private eye magazine at 17 30. A walk through the year in media with ian hislop. Hello, good afternoon. A six Year Old Girl has opened a pack of Tesco Christmas cards to find a message saying they were packed by prisoners in china being forced to work against their will. Tesco says its stopped production at the factory while it investigates. Greg mackenzie reports. Ready . Uhhuh. It was six year old schoolgirl florence widdecombe whod sat down at home to write out her Christmas Cards to her friends and family when she discovered one of the cards had already been written out. We were writing in them and about on my sixth or eighth card, there was. Somebody
Tributes have been paid to the actor tony britton, whos died at the age of 95. Iam i am perfectly happy to move into a hotel if i am inconveniencing you. He starred alongside nigel havers in the bbc sitcom dont wait up, and was also know for his role in itvs robins nest. His daughter, tv presenter fern britton, said her father was a great actor, director and charmer. Tom hanks next film, a Beautiful Day in the neighbourhood, sees him play the legendary american childrens tv presenter mr rogers, as a reporter tries to uncover the man behind the on screen persona. Tom hanks himself is known for his wholesome image. Hes been talking to our arts editor, will gompertz, about being the nice guy of film and what hes really like. Its a Beautiful Day in this neighbourhood. A Beautiful Day for a neighbour. Tom hanks is the legendary american Childrens Television personality, the kindly mr rogers, who finds himself the subject of a magazine profile by a hard boiled journalist, played by matthew r
The home secretary meets the family of harry dunn the teenager killed in a Road Accident in northamptonshire in august. A mans been arrested in sussex on suspicion of murder after the deaths of two women outside a house in crawley down. And the queen attends a Church Service in sandringham while the duke of edinburgh spent a second night in hospital receiving treatment for a pre exisiting condition. And in half an hour i will be looking back at the best films of the year, films from around the world from spectacular blockbusters to hidden arthouse gems. Thats all in review 2019, with me, mark kermode. Tottenhams premier league win over chelsea, appears to be have been marred by racist behaviour from the crowd. The referee stopped play in the second half, after an object was thrown onto the pitch. He was then approached by chelsea defender, antonio rudiger. An address made over tottenhams public address system then warned, racist behaviour is interfering with the game. Tottenham have no
After another day of high Political Drama in washington attention will shift to the struggling us economy later today, as president Electjoe Biden outlines his plans for another massive economic stimulus package. The us economy lost nine millionjobs in 2020 the worst since records began in the 1930s and its in dire need of further support. Three weeks ago Congress Passed an economic aid deal worth 900 billion. But mr biden described that as a mere down payment on what he would push for once in office. According to reports he will seek another 1. 3 trillion of spending and would increase direct payments to americans to 2000 each as well as providing funds for local governments and vaccination programmes. Brian nick is chief investment strategist at the fund manager nuveen he s in new york. What is your expectation of what we can expect from this package . I think the number you haveis package . I think the number you have is probably right. What will be interesting is whether it will b